Improvement in washing-machines



FREDERICK A. FARLEY. Improvement in Washing Machines.

120,373, PatentedOct. 31,1871.

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IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,373, dated October31, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. FARLEY, of Pine Meadow, in the countyof Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImproved Washing-Machine, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is acentral vertical lengthwise section. Fig. 2 is a central verticaltransverse section.

60 indicates a meta-l boX, like to a common square-cornered wash-boiler,having a cover, a slotted at one end, a to permit the vibration of thearm, by which the agitator within is rocked to and fro. WVithin thisexterior box is hung an agitator composed of the parti-circular sides I)I), connected together by chutes and buckets. Bearing-pins b b areattached to the inner sides of the ends of the box a, on which turn thebearings 11 D which are attached to the sides I) b, thus allowing theagitator to rock within the boiler a. 0 indicates small chutes beveledon the side which faces toward the chute d, and set, as shown in thedrawing, so as to force water through and into the agitator when inmotion. 61 indicates a chute with a concave bevel on both sidesprojecting both above and below the chutes 0, so as to force water intothe interior of the agitator when rocked in either direction. 0 6indicate chutes with straight bevels on both sides, and projecting bothabove and below the chutes 0. At the top of the agitator, on both sides,are buckets composed of the chutes ff and the close back f, which willcatch and raise and pour on the clothes within the agitator a quantityof water at each vibration of the agitator. When the bucket movesdownward its chute f will force water within the agitator with greatvelocity. From one of the sides I), through the slot in the cover, risesthe arm g, to the upper end of which is jointed the arm h, by the meansof which the operator is enabled to sit at some little distance from thestove so as to escape the heat.

This machine can be used either on or off the stove. When used withboiling water it is better to set it on the stove. By the rocking of theagitator fiom side to side the clothes are made to fall from one side tothe other within the agitator, and the water is poured on them andforced through them.

I claim as my invention- 1. The construction shown of the chutes c d c,and of the buckets at the top of the agitator, as parts of awashing-machine, and used and operated substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the parts specified in the immediately-precedin gclause with the parti-circular end pieces b b, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

3. The combination of the agitator, made substantially as described,with-the arm g, and the arm h jointed thereto, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

' FREDERICK A. FARLEY.

Witnesses:

E. M. CHAPIN, P. E. CHAPIN. (91)

